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Wagner was unable to claim a third straight volleyball crown, but it did capture third place. The Red Raiders took down Sisseton, 25-15, 21-25, 25-19, 25-14 on Saturday to earn third place at the State A volleyball tournament at Golden Eagles Arena. “It is good to end with a win,” Wagner senior Talia Peters said, “but I would have rather been in the championship game.” It was a bittersweet win for Wagner, which has won the last two state titles and could have become the first team in State A volleyball history to win three in a row. “I'm glad they came out and had some pride,” Wagner coach Amy Tyler said.

After a one-year hiatus, Sisseton is back in the State A volleyball tournament. The Redmen made their first appearance in school history at a state volleyball tournament in 2007 and qualified again in 2008. No. 3 seed Sisseton (26-2) will play No. 6 St. Thomas More (27-6) at 6 tonight in the first round of the State A Volleyball Tournament at Golden Eagles Arena at Aberdeen Central High School. Three players have recorded more than 100 kills this season for Sisseton. Five-foot-10 senior hitter Amber Huntington has racked up a team-leading 345 kills.

Regardless of the records, the location or what is at stake, this is one of those games that seems to carry added meaning every year. When Aberdeen Roncalli (2-4) and Sisseton (3-2) square off on the gridiron, the sparks fly, the intensity rises and the outcome remains in doubt until the end. The two face each other again in a Northeast Conference game at 5 tonight at Swisher Field. There's certain games that you circle and those are the games that you really want to win and Roncalli is always one of those games, said Sisseton coach Scott Hagen.

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GROTON - Sisseton clinched at least a share of the Northeast Conference title with a win over Groton. Sisseton handed Groton its first conference loss of the season by scores of 14-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-18 on Friday in a high school volleyball match. Amber Huntington hit 18 kills for Sisseton and Jessica Weatherstone added 15. Heidi Hansen handed out 21 set assists. Three Groton players hit double digits in kills including Hannah Luecke with 14, Erin Wanner with 13 and Erica Schuster with 10. Groton completes NEC play with an 8-1 record and Sisseton at 8-0 finishes the NEC schedule by hosting Milbank on Thursday.

SISSETON - Two of the three teams tied for the lead in the Northeast Conference were toppled in high school volleyball action on Thursday. Three teams - Aberdeen Roncalli, Clark-Willow Lake and Redfield-Doland - shared the conference lead with perfect 3-0 league records at the beginning of the night. Redfield-Doland knocked off Aberdeen Roncalli and Sisseton topped Clark-Willow Lake 25-17, 25-23, 25-21. Sisseton connected on 25 kills including 11 by Kelli Reinart and seven by Macy Toelle.

Pins were easy to come by on Thursday at the Aberdeen Roncalli Triangular. The Cavaliers played host to Groton and Sisseton in their wrestling triangular at Roncalli Gym. There were 18 total pins in the triangular. The Cavaliers had six total pins in their two matches against the Tigers and the Redmen. That is something we work on a lot is to be pinners, Roncalli coach Justin Briese said. We want to be aggressive. Groton won the triangular. The Tigers defeated Sisseton 54-24 and defeated the Cavaliers 53-29.

Carla Burns from the Small Business Development Center will have special office hours Wednesday in Webster and Sisseton to assist businesses with management help. She will be at the Lake Region Business Development Center, 1209 Main St., in Webster from 9 a.m. to noon. She will be at the GROW South Dakota office, 104 E. Ash St., in Sisseton from 1 to 5 p.m. The Small Business Development Center offers free business management consulting to potential and existing businesses. Counties served in the northeast region include Beadle, Brown, Campbell, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Marshall, Potter, Roberts, Spink and Walworth.

SISSETON - Sisseton outscored Webster 30-17 from the free-throw line to help power a 62-50 Northeast Conference boys' basketball victory Thursday night. Wyatt Youngblom scored 24 points and hauled down nine rebounds to lead Sisseton, which made 30 of 37 free throws in the contest. Youngblom led the charity stripe assault with missing just one foul shot in 11 attempts. Jordan Cornelius contributed 17 points and was 7 of 8 from the line, while Jordan Rolstad finished with 12 points, including a 6-of-8 performance from the free-throw line.